Overview
- Bangkok said it is stopping the “follow-up to the joint declaration” signed in Kuala Lumpur in late October after the latest blast near the frontier.
- The release of 18 Cambodian soldiers held since July is on hold, with a timetable that had been set for later this month now paused.
- The Royal Thai Army reported a Nov 10 explosion in Sisaket that severed a sergeant’s foot and left a second soldier with blast injuries.
- Defense Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit said the army is investigating whether the mine was newly laid as Thailand reiterates accusations Cambodia denies.
- The U.S.-backed accord calls for heavy-weapons pullbacks and demining under ASEAN observation after July’s fighting that killed at least 43 people, and Thailand has asked regional observers to review the incident.